MIA @ Siggraph
>> She interviewed… in Stratford Connecticut
Hi Lee,
I'm afraid I don't recall which of the many faces you were at Siggraph, but I
believe we chatted for a few minutes. Perhaps I can shed some light on the 3DS
and music scenes here in Connecticut.
FWIW, Stratford is a great community, relatively near EVERYTHING. I-95 really
sucks – I think the traffic here rivals what I hear about LA. For food, music
and entertainment, you would be about an hour or so from Manhattan. Enough
said about that. You would be about 20 minutes from New Haven. The Yale
community brings some great ethnic diversity and art/music rivaling the "big"
cities. I'd rank the area food close behind New York and San Francisco. The
music scene is not bad. There are 2 "mainstream" clubs that get all the
moderately popular bands. Within 45 minutes is the Hartford Civic Center which
gets most of the major bands. New Haven alone has many "small" clubs that
offer open mikes and music by local bands.
The 3DS scene up here isn't as "hot" as it seems to be on the West Coast, but
the close proximity to NYC keeps it fairly active. All the services available
on the west coast can be found in the City. There are presently 2 nearby user
groups Boston Area and NY.
If you'd like any more specifics, or wish to get together on another trip up
this way, let me know.
– Dave